By Corey Fischer

First Nations Funding To Deal With Overdose Crisis

Feb 8, 2018 | 2:43 PM

The BC government will provide the First Nations Health Authority with $20 million over three years to help First Nations communities to address the impacts of the overdose crisis.

Mental health and addictions minister Judy Darcy says support will be focused on services that save lives, and are culturally safe.

“This is critically important because we know that Indigenous people are five times more likely to experience an overdose than the population at large in British Columbia, and three times more likely to die of an overdose,” Darcy told a news conference.

Over 1,400 people died of drug overdoses in BC last year.

First Nations Funding To Deal With Overdose Crisis

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